(chiefly poetic, dialectal, and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely

(analytic geometry) A system in which the coordinate axes are oblique to each other.

That which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant. / That which develops from something else.

The hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells; nacre. / A butterfly of the genus Salamis.

Made from or looking like mother-of-pearl; iridescent or pearly.

(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. / (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult. / (transitive) To physically harm, pain.

Of or pertaining to an office or public trust. / Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority / Approved by authority; authorized.

An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.

(sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc. / (US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.

(sports) An offside play. / (Britain, Australia) The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.